Five recent lies, hypocrisy and myths about Israel

These past couple of months has seen no shortage of media coverage on Israel
and its prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.

Everywhere from the Israeli prime ministerís speech to Congress, to his
speech to AIPAC, to the elections in the Jewish State, opinion makers have
found every possible fault or faux pas, no matter how miniscule, no matter how
imagined, and milked the controversies.

But thatís come to be expected with regard to Israel
Ė since every action of that state, the size of New
Jersey, is given disproportionately large attention,
singled out, and looked at through a microscope no other nation ever is.

Whatís different about these recent news items, in particular, was a noxious
cocktail of the mediaís reports, and the Obama administrationís words and
actions, fraught with myths, hypocrisy and
outright lies.

1. The media and the Obama administration, causing much public consternation
and scandal, perpetuated the story that Netanyahu never sought consent
from the White House to speak to Congress. He
did.

2. The media perpetuated the falsehood that Netanyahu, the day before
the election, backtracked
on his promise to pursue a Palestinian state. He
didnít.